Background
LEONARD, Hugh John Keyes Byrne was born on November 9, 1926 in Dublin.
LEONARD, Hugh John Keyes Byrne was born on November 9, 1926 in Dublin.
Presentation College, Dun Laoghaire.
Herself Surprised 1977, Da 1984, Widows’ Peak 1984, Troubles 1984; Honorary D.H.L. (R.I.); Honorary Doctor of Letters (Trinity College, Dublin); Writers’ Guild Worked as Civil Sen-ant 1945-1949. Script; Director, Dublin Theatre Festival since 1978. Stage plays include The Big Birthday 1957, A Leap in the Dark 1957, Madigan’s Lock 1958, A Walk on the Water 1960, The Passion of Peter Ginty 1961, Stephen D 1962, The Poker Session 1963, Dublin 1 1963, The Saints Go Cycling In 1965, Mick and Mick 1966, The Quick and the Dead 1967, The Au Pair Man 1968, The Barracks 1969, The Patrick Pearse Motel 1971, Da 1973, Thieves 1973, Summer 1974, Times of Wolves and Tigers 1974, Irishmen 1975, Time Was 1976, A Life 1977, Moving Days 1981, The Mask of Moriarty 1984.
Writing for television includes Silent Song 1967, Nicholas Nickleby 1977, London Belongs to Me 1977, The Last Campaign 1978, The Ring and the Rose Strumpet City 1979, The Little World of Don Camillo 1980, Kill Good Behaviour 1982, O’Neill 1983, Beyond the Pale 1984, The Irish RM 1985, A Life 1986, Troubles 1987, Parnell and the Englishwoman 1988.
Married Paule Jacquet in 1955.